Distribution of Income and Wealth in Ontario : Theory and Evidence /

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This book provides an extensive survey of recent literature and a new source of income and wealth distribution data for Ontario, drawn from newly available microdata sets. It also presents an evaluation of the data as a basis for measuring inequality in the distribution of economic and well-being.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beach, Charles M.
Corporate Author: Ontario Economic Council
Other Authors: Flatters, Frank, Card, David E. (David Edward), 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : Published for the Ontario Economic Council by University of Toronto Press, 1981
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Income distribution.
Economic history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
Revenu > Repartition > Ontario.
Income distribution > Ontario.
Ontario.
Ontario > Conditions economiques.
Ontario > Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • PART ONE: EXPLANATION OF INEQUALITY
  • 2. Supply determinants and life-cycle behaviour
  • 3. Selected demand-side determinants of the distribution of income
  • 4. Distributional aggregation
  • PART TWO: DATA ON DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND WEALTH
  • 5. On measuring inequality
  • 6. Incomes of individuals
  • 7. Incomes of family units
  • 8. Distribution of family wealth
  • PART THREE: IMPUTATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
  • 9. Disposable income, under-reporting, and omitted receipts
  • 10. Adjustment for cost of living and size of family
  • 11. Adjustment for capital gains
  • 12. Adjustment for family wealth holdings
  • 13. Toward adjustment for net social security benefits: illustration with the Canada Pension Plan
  • 14. Summary and conclusions
  • APPENDICES
  • Bibliography
  • Backmatter

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